TURN IT UP: Local Tune Of The Week
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A few weeks ago Tom Scott and Lui T’s Average Rap Band surprised us all with a debut album that is the result of their post “sci-fi-psych-rap existential crisis” desire to create “a song you could listen to without 7 tramadols”. The album is full of feel good, happy songs without being “super posi-vibes ‘you […]
For this year’s annual celebration of the life and music of James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla, Leonard Charles aka Jeremy Toy recorded the ultimate tribute to the producer. Tucked inside a small basement studio here in Auckland, Leonard Charles and his friends re-recorded the all 31-tracks off Dilla classic DONUTS on live instruments. Charles gives […]
Melbourne-based duo Fortunes (Conor McCabe & Barnaby Matthews) return with their second release Jacket EP. Deep soulful and electronic, this follow up to 2015’s Hoodies EP is a step up in production & delivery. “On ‘Bomber’, Barnaby encases Conor’s melodramatic and theatrical R&B/disco informed vocal inside sleek, minimal production, taunt drum machine funk and shimmering […]
New Zealand’s Eddie Johnston, better known as Race Banyon (as well as alter ego Lontalius), recently premiered “What Are We Doing” feat. Ty Dolla $ign (co-prod. by DJ Dahi) on The FADER, earning critical praise across the board, including HYPETRAK’s observation that the project brought together “disparate, yet equally talented artists for genre-bending collaborations… that […]
This week’s Turn It Up Local Tune Of The Week is a fresh new one from HIGH HØØPS. Auckland’s HIGH HØØPS (Jordan Arts) has been hiding in the clouds, getting things just right and now it’s time to welcoming you into the dreamy musical landscape he’s been crafting with Ultramood. “I’d been doing a whole lot thinking, […]
This week’s Turn It Up local tune of the week comes from a young producer who’s been monopolising a whole lot of our attention in the past year. To call Montell2099 up and coming doesn’t feel right as he’s so ahead of his game. There are even reddit threads made by fans dedicated to dissecting his […]
Our Turn It Up local tune of the week is an epic Young, Gifted & Broke colab. ‘Boeing’ is a new project from Hone Be Good (of Side Steps Quintet) produced by K*Saba. Featuring vocals from Esther Stephens and verses from the Team Dynamite boys, it’s the perfect summer holiday come down for this heat. […]
Trust Troy Samuela to casually upload a track to soundcloud, simply captioned “been busy so here’s this for now” and rack up 25 thousand plays in just two weeks. ‘Ace’ features the tight horns, snares and cymbals of what sounds like the most fire marching band on earth. The mysterious caption from one of New Zealand’s […]
This week’s Turn It Up Local Tune Of The Week is from the AceTones‘ new self titled EP, full of originals and produced by Submariner. AceTones offer a superlative selection of time-honoured Jamaican classics, rare grooves and originals to satisfy connoisseurs and new listeners alike. This is the first ever set of recordings released by […]
Turn It Up is a feature on Base FM where we showcase a new track from Aotearoa every week. Tune in weekdays at 10am and 4pm to hear this week’s top local pick. Proudly supported by NZ On Air Music. In 2015 we chose stand alone tracks from soundcloud and bandcamp as well as album […]